Leuktra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 13, 2020 01:22 PM
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History
Leuktra was a settlement located in ancient Boeotia. It was located along the road leading from Thespiae to Plataea, somewhere in the vicinity of the modern town. In 371 B.C. the Thebans defeated the Spartans in a celebrated battle near the site.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/540913
38.2544053, 23.1821091
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern village of Leuctra (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Λεῦκτρά (Leuktra: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Leuktra part of (regional) Boeotia (unspecified date range)
- Leuctra tropaion located at Leuktra (550 BC - 330 BC)
settlement, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 E4 Leuktra
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Parapoungia
J. Fossey, J. Morin, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, and Tom Elliott, 'Leuktra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/540913> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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